Publications

• Lin S, Thomas M, Shlaes DM, et al. Kinetic analysis of an inhibitor-resistant variant of the OHIO-1 beta-lactamase, an SHV-family class A enzyme. Biochem J 1998;333 ( Pt 2):395-400.
• Lin S, Thomas M, Mark S, Anderson V, Bonomo RA. OHIO-1 beta-lactamase mutants: the Arg244Ser mutant and resistance to beta-lactams and beta-lactamase inhibitors. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999;1432:125-36.
• Baca-DeLancey RR, South MM, Ding X, Rather PN. Escherichia coli genes regulated by cell-to-cell signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999;96:4610-4.
• South MM, Strauss RA, South AP, Boggess JF, Thorp JM. The use of non-nutritive sucking to decrease the physiologic pain response during neonatal circumcision: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;193:537-42; discussion 542-3.
• South M, Amundsen C. Overt rectal prolapse following repair of stage IV vaginal vault prolapse. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2007;18:471-3.
• Weidner AC, Jamison MG, Branham V, South MM, Borawski KM, Romero AA. Neuropathic injury to the levator ani occurs in 1 in 4 primiparous women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;195:1851-6.
• Branham V, Thomas J, Jaffe T, Crockett M, South M, Jamison M, Weidner A.

Levator ani abnormality 6 weeks after delivery persists at 6 months. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:65 e1-6.

• South MM, Amundsen CL. Transvaginal Trocar Delivered Mesh. OBG Mgmt 2007; 68-74.
• South MM, Foster RT, Webster GD, Weidner AC, Amundsen CL. Surgical excision of eroded mesh after prior abdominal sacrocolpopexy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:615 e1-5.

• South M, Amundsen CL. Pelvic organ prolapse: a review of the current literature. Minerva Ginecol 2007;59:601-12.
• Foster RT, Sr., Borawski KM, South MM, Weidner AC, Webster GD, Amundsen CL. A randomized, controlled trial evaluating 2 techniques of postoperative bladder testing after transvaginal surgery. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:627 e1-4.
• South MM, Romero AA, Jamison MG, Webster GD, Amundsen CL. Detrusor overactivity does not predict outcome of sacral neuromodulation test stimulation. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2007;18:1395-8.
• South MM, Jamison MG ; Weidner AC. Outcomes After Combined Perineoplasty With Overlapping Anal Sphincteroplasty for Fecal Incontinence. . Journal of Pelvic Medicine & Surgery 2007;13:345-349.

Honors and Awards

• Dean's List, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, Fall 1992-1994, Spring 1993, Spring 1996
• The James Kendall Cunningham Memorial Prize for the pre-medical student most likely to succeed in medicine. The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1996
• The William Byron Ross Memorial Prize in Chemistry awarded to the Chemistry major who has shown outstanding originality, resourcefulness of thought, and initiative in Independent Study. Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1996
• Departmental Honors, Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1996
• Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Ohio, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1996
• Summer Research Fellowship Recipient, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve

University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1998

• Core Clerkship Honors, Departments of OB/GYN, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1999-2000
• Core Clerkship Commendable, Departments of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1999-2000
• Acting Internship Honors, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2000
• The Alfred S. Maschke Award for excellence in the art and practice of medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2001
• 2004 Robert A. Ross Research Award awarded by panel of judges at the William Droegemueller Resident Clinical Studies Day to a third year resident with the best research presentation of the day., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004
• Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Eberhard Lotze Video Award presented for Best Video Presentation, 33rd Annual SGS Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2007

Grants

• Medtronic Fellowship Fund, An education grant in the amount of $25,000 to fund fellowship education and research in the field of pelvic floor neuromodulation., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2006
• Medtronic Fellowship Fund, An education grant in the amount of $15,000 to fund fellowship education and research in the field of pelvic floor neuromodulation., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2007

Selected Presentations

• South, M.; Strauss, R.; South, A.; Boggess, J.; Thorp, J. "The Use of Non-nutritive Sucking to Decrease the Physiologic Pain Response During Neonatal Circumcision: A Randomized Controlled Trial." South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting, White Springs, WV 2005
• South, M.; Foster, R.; Weidner, A.; Webster, G.; Amundsen, C. "Surgical Outcomes after Excision of Eroded Mesh in Patients with Prior Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy" The Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, Orlando, Florida April 2007.
• South, M.; Foster, R.; Weidner, A.; Webster, G.; Amundsen, C. "Excision of Eroded Mesh in Patients with Prior Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy" The Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida April 2007.
• South, M.; Foster, R.; Weidner, A. "Combined Perineoplasty with Overlapping Anal Sphincteroplasty for Symptomatic Anal Sphincter Injury" The Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida April 2007.

Other Experiences and Professional Memberships

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2001-present
• American Urogynecological Society 2007-present

Other

Dr. South lives with her husband Andrew South, a Neonatologist at CCHMC, and two children James and Mia in Hyde Park, Ohio. She most enjoys time with her family which includes hiking and spending time outdoors.